DIR Return Create A Forum - Home
---------------------------------------------------------
RateTheRef
HTML https://ratetheref.createaforum.com
---------------------------------------------------------
*****************************************************
DIR Return to: I Spy Old Refs!
*****************************************************
#Post#: 9563--------------------------------------------------
Re: Final Games
By: Acme Thunderer Date: August 2, 2019, 4:12 am
---------------------------------------------------------
Thanks Hendo, I'll add Trelford to the database and I have
commented separately under ISOR.
Thanks LF - some interesting information about the end of a
referee who I never came across. I'll add Harry Horner to the
database and if anybody can confirm that he refereed after the
Forest v Burnley game (? unlikely), I'll be happy to amend.
#Post#: 9655--------------------------------------------------
Re: Final Games
By: Hendo Date: August 4, 2019, 2:25 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
HTML https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/football/news/gallery/look-huddersfield-towns-last-league-7065150
Mike Peck - Huddersfield v Blackpool (April 1994).
This was both Huddersfield's last ever league game at Leeds Road
and Mike's final match before taking up his role with the FA
which sadly didn't last long due to his conviction for theft and
subsequent dismissal.
The above images are of the match, including fans getting
commemorative pieces of the pitch and Mike blowing the final
whistle in the 5th picture
#Post#: 9772--------------------------------------------------
Re: Final Games
By: olddeagle Date: August 8, 2019, 5:01 am
---------------------------------------------------------
[quote author=Left Field link=topic=718.msg9537#msg9537
date=1564670886]
A Daily Mirror report mentioned crowd trouble at a
Forest-Burnley game on 18 April 1964 (which Burnley won 3-1)
culminating in some fans trying to attack referee Horner and his
linesmen at the end. I'm not sure if that were his final match
(the season ended the following weekend) but it wouldn't be
surprising if he decided to call it a day after such an
experience.
[/quote]
Thanks LF, I'm sure that's the incident I remember. We took the
Daily Sketch not the Mirror in our house, so that would have
been where I read it and I'm pretty sure the report said it was
HH's last game-not that this is a guarantee of truth of course
but it's quite likely.
#Post#: 9810--------------------------------------------------
Re: Final Games
By: Acme Thunderer Date: August 10, 2019, 3:46 am
---------------------------------------------------------
Thinking back to the old RTR, I read somewhere that Iorwerth
Jones (of MOTD fame) refereed his final game at Exeter. Records
show that Exeter played Cambridge on 26th April 1975. Can anyone
confirm that this was his final game. Exeter's previous home
game was v Newport, but I very much doubt that Iorwerth would
have refereed a game involving a S Wales team.
#Post#: 9826--------------------------------------------------
Re: Final Games
By: Left Field Date: August 10, 2019, 12:11 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
[quote author=Acme Thunderer link=topic=718.msg9810#msg9810
date=1565426818]
Thinking back to the old RTR, I read somewhere that Iorwerth
Jones (of MOTD fame) refereed his final game at Exeter. Records
show that Exeter played Cambridge on 26th April 1975. Can anyone
confirm that this was his final game. Exeter's previous home
game was v Newport, but I very much doubt that Iorwerth would
have refereed a game involving a S Wales team.
[/quote]
Exeter-Cambridge was Iory Jones's final game. Another final game
a couple of years earlier was Tottenham v Wolves for John
Thacker (30.4.1973).
#Post#: 11273--------------------------------------------------
Re: Final Games
By: Acme Thunderer Date: September 24, 2019, 3:02 am
---------------------------------------------------------
[quote author=Left Field link=topic=718.msg9826#msg9826
date=1565457061]
[quote author=Acme Thunderer link=topic=718.msg9810#msg9810
date=1565426818]
Thinking back to the old RTR, I read somewhere that Iorwerth
Jones (of MOTD fame) refereed his final game at Exeter. Records
show that Exeter played Cambridge on 26th April 1975. Can anyone
confirm that this was his final game. Exeter's previous home
game was v Newport, but I very much doubt that Iorwerth would
have refereed a game involving a S Wales team.
[/quote]
Exeter-Cambridge was Iory Jones's final game. Another final game
a couple of years earlier was Tottenham v Wolves for John
Thacker (30.4.1973).
[/quote]
Belated thanks LF, I was away in August and overlooked your
post. Database amended.
New entry on the database - L Probert, Southampton v
Huddersfield, May 2019.
#Post#: 13027--------------------------------------------------
Re: Final Games
By: olddeagle Date: November 13, 2019, 1:49 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
[quote author=Left Field link=topic=718.msg9537#msg9537
date=1564670886]
A Daily Mirror report mentioned crowd trouble at a
Forest-Burnley game on 18 April 1964 (which Burnley won 3-1)
culminating in some fans trying to attack referee Horner and his
linesmen at the end. I'm not sure if that were his final match
(the season ended the following weekend) but it wouldn't be
surprising if he decided to call it a day after such an
experience.
[/quote]
You can see Harold Horner having a few spots of bother in a
Tranmere v Chelsea FA Cup tie in the big 62/3 freeze up at
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDEAOH6LzGk
#Post#: 13041--------------------------------------------------
Re: Final Games
By: Acme Thunderer Date: November 14, 2019, 10:49 am
---------------------------------------------------------
Thanks olddeagle for this piece of nostalgia from long ago
(pre-MOTD?). Full marks to Mr Horner in my view for letting the
game go ahead despite the snow. It seemed to have been an
exciting game and playable although I couldn't see the game
being played nowadays. I think Hinton / (?) Hinson of Chelsea
would have received at least a yellow card now for his tackle on
Ronnie Moore. Tranmere playing in all white must have given them
an advantage although presumably that didn't include the fans
and TV viewers trying to pick out the players in the ghostly
white surroundings. All-in-all a good example of how playing
conditions have changed over the years and what was thought
acceptable in in the v snowy winter of 1962/3.
#Post#: 13065--------------------------------------------------
Re: Final Games
By: Hendo Date: November 15, 2019, 12:07 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
[quote author=Acme Thunderer link=topic=718.msg13041#msg13041
date=1573750174]
Thanks olddeagle for this piece of nostalgia from long ago
(pre-MOTD?). Full marks to Mr Horner in my view for letting the
game go ahead despite the snow. It seemed to have been an
exciting game and playable although I couldn't see the game
being played nowadays. I think Hinton / (?) Hinson of Chelsea
would have received at least a yellow card now for his tackle on
Ronnie Moore. Tranmere playing in all white must have given them
an advantage although presumably that didn't include the fans
and TV viewers trying to pick out the players in the ghostly
white surroundings. All-in-all a good example of how playing
conditions have changed over the years and what was thought
acceptable in in the v snowy winter of 1962/3.
[/quot
At just over 6 mins for those wanting to see the Hinson/Moore
scrap. Moore’s tackle provoked it and I think he exaggerated the
hit to the face too.
In the days when slightly overweight, slightly unfit and
slightly elderly refs chugged about the pitch wagging fingers
and generally giving the impression that they weren’t overly
bothered in events on the field. Loved those days!
#Post#: 13085--------------------------------------------------
Re: Final Games
By: olddeagle Date: November 17, 2019, 4:46 am
---------------------------------------------------------
The Tranmere v Chelsea clip comes from the predecessor of MOTD
which was called "Saturday Sport". It wasn't restricted to
football-Rugby international highlights used to be screened then
too (you can see the schedules on
HTML https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/issues
which has back numbers of
Radio Times). That match was one of only 3 third round ties out
of 32 that were played that day, and the replay wasn't until
30th January when Chelsea won 3-1.
*****************************************************
DIR Previous Page
DIR Next Page